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but as people in boston and other communities, whether in rhode island, whether you're in connecticut or new york, you're coming out to clear out your car, to make sure that before you start running the car, make sure all parts of the car are clear. deb? >> all right. a tragic and vital lesson. jason carol, thank you so much. we really appreciate your reporting today. thanks. >>> connecticut, which got hit especially hard by the blizzard, is struggling to dig itself out. helping state crews to clear roads in the state. about 600,000 people, they're without power across the region. you can see what it looked like there. most of those people without power in massachusetts, rhode island, new york, connecticut and maine. we see the massachusetts numbers there going down. they were above 400,000 earlier today. that number has now dropped. connecticut, and that's where we find our ashleigh banfield. so ashley, how is it out there? >> reporter: the sun is going down. and guess what happens when the sun goes down, deb? the temperature goes down too. and the warning here tonight is i just feel
but as people in boston and other communities, whether in rhode island, whether you're in connecticut or new york, you're coming out to clear out your car, to make sure that before you start running the car, make sure all parts of the car are clear. deb? >> all right. a tragic and vital lesson. jason carol, thank you so much. we really appreciate your reporting today. thanks. >>> connecticut, which got hit especially hard by the blizzard, is struggling to dig itself out. helping...
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that is a very big portion of the population of rhode island. if you look relatively speaking, it's the hardest hit in terms of how many people without power relatively speaking here. why did that happen? all last night it was relatively warm. so the snow was wet and heavy and fell on those power lines, trees knocked them out. i spent last night talking to the governor, the state, the mayor of providence, rhode island. the emergency manager here and all of them had that same concern. how many power outages will there be? because when your power goes out, your heat goes out. we're going to talk to the governor live in the next hour. that's one question. how long will it take to get the power up and running. we saw especially in new york how long it took to get power back up. that's going to be your biggest concern here, also the roads completely closed right now. illegal to drive here according to the governor of rhode island. not supposed to be on the roads. the whole 95 corridor. the entire interstate through massachusetts, connecticut, rhode i
that is a very big portion of the population of rhode island. if you look relatively speaking, it's the hardest hit in terms of how many people without power relatively speaking here. why did that happen? all last night it was relatively warm. so the snow was wet and heavy and fell on those power lines, trees knocked them out. i spent last night talking to the governor, the state, the mayor of providence, rhode island. the emergency manager here and all of them had that same concern. how many...
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poppy is in providence, rhode island for us. how is it there? >> i may have drawn as short a stick as ali drew on this one. the wind gusts are so severe here, it's gotten so much worse in the last hour. here is where you see a lot of the snow accumulation. i want to set viewers up with where we are. this is the heart of providence, rhode island. this is downtown. in front of city hall. there is not one soul in sight. the only vehicles that come down are plows every 20 minutes or so to try to clear it out. i talked to the governor today. i talked to the mayor of providence. i went to the emergency center here and the big concern right now here is how wet and thick this snow is. that is because it is landing on the power lines here, and it can take them down easily. they are pretty sure they're going to have power outages here. the question is how severe are those power outages going to be? you have temperatures now below 30 degrees here. they have shelters set up, but they're very worried because they saw what happened in the wake of sandy with p
poppy is in providence, rhode island for us. how is it there? >> i may have drawn as short a stick as ali drew on this one. the wind gusts are so severe here, it's gotten so much worse in the last hour. here is where you see a lot of the snow accumulation. i want to set viewers up with where we are. this is the heart of providence, rhode island. this is downtown. in front of city hall. there is not one soul in sight. the only vehicles that come down are plows every 20 minutes or so to try...
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we've still got about 179,000 homes here in rhode island. that's nearly 1/5 of the population that are affected or without power completely. no power means no heat. they want to keep the roads clear, get the emergency vehicles where they need to be. get power back up and running. the real issue here overnight was the whipping wind the heavy, wet snow that weighed on those power lines. this morning no whipping winds, light snow. it's going to continue here until about 2:00 eastern time. so that's the scene here. it was a whiteout behind me. now it's clear. and a few people coming by including snowshoers. want to take a broader look at this massive winter storm. really the biggest since the great blizzard hit new england in 1978. our deb feyerick has that. >> reporter: it was billed as a monster nor'easter and didn't disappoint. for hours and hours across the northeast from eastern pennsylvania up to maine two feet or more of snow blanketed the region. >> probably the biggest i've seen in my lifetime. >> reporter: connecticut got slammed with
we've still got about 179,000 homes here in rhode island. that's nearly 1/5 of the population that are affected or without power completely. no power means no heat. they want to keep the roads clear, get the emergency vehicles where they need to be. get power back up and running. the real issue here overnight was the whipping wind the heavy, wet snow that weighed on those power lines. this morning no whipping winds, light snow. it's going to continue here until about 2:00 eastern time. so...
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providence, rhode island, is over there, and jason is over there. this has become worse, but all along the coast, from north of massachusetts, all the way around cape cod, to the south and then down to new york, we're in a flood zone. there is a severe flooding alert around those areas. that's problem number one. chris, problem number two is this wind. you said it a few minutes ago. a blizzard is not made by the snow. i'm getting all sorts of tweets from people in the midwest and ca canada saying what are you complaining about? we get more snow all the time. you don't get it with this speed and velocity. we have that going on. just about a half hour ago when i was on with antderson, a transformer blew. there are 130,000 customers across the northeast without power. roads are blocked. trees are taking out power lines. that's the probl we've got. here on cape cod, as you know, chris, probably about a quarter million people residing here in the winter. some of them may have left. >> all right, that is ali was right, they did have trouble with their sig
providence, rhode island, is over there, and jason is over there. this has become worse, but all along the coast, from north of massachusetts, all the way around cape cod, to the south and then down to new york, we're in a flood zone. there is a severe flooding alert around those areas. that's problem number one. chris, problem number two is this wind. you said it a few minutes ago. a blizzard is not made by the snow. i'm getting all sorts of tweets from people in the midwest and ca canada...
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it's a beautiful scene here in providence, rhode island. it was a heck of a storm last night, that is for sure. really just torrential, whipping, wet snow. it has changed since then. the big issue here this morning, folks, is power. we knew this was going to happen when we felt that heavy, wet snow late last night. warmer temperatures kept it that way. it weighed on power lines, on trees. you wake up this morning to a whiteout. then it gets a little lighter. you have about a fifth of the population across rhode island without any power. here in providence a little over 7,000 homes without power. i want to bring in a man who is dealing with all of it right now, the mayor of providence is joining us now. thank you for being here, mayor. appreciate it. let's talk about the power issue. that's issue number one. we were at the command center with you last night. you said, look, this is what i'm really worried about. it happened. what are you doing? >> we're working very closely with national grid to try to get people back up as quickly as possib
it's a beautiful scene here in providence, rhode island. it was a heck of a storm last night, that is for sure. really just torrential, whipping, wet snow. it has changed since then. the big issue here this morning, folks, is power. we knew this was going to happen when we felt that heavy, wet snow late last night. warmer temperatures kept it that way. it weighed on power lines, on trees. you wake up this morning to a whiteout. then it gets a little lighter. you have about a fifth of the...
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massachusetts and rhode island were hit the hardest in terms of power outages. and today almost 300,000 customers remain in the dark ins massachusetts while more than 75,000 are still without electricity in rhode island. and it is going to be a messy commute when all the snow starts to melt. alexandra steele is standing by. a little bit of melting and then freezing. >> yeah, it will be a roller coaster. not a lot of melting today. temperatures only in the teens. highs in the northeast today, only in the 30s. so not a lot of melting going on. but notice tomorrow, temperatures a southerly wind pull in. you can see temperatures warm into the 40s. so we'll begin to see the melting. but the problem for monday, we've got rain and we've got the next storm system coming this. so if you're in boston, maybe the t is a good idea. tomorrow a mix of rain and snow in the morning. by the afternoon, temperatures rise in to the 40s and it will all be rain. but you'll notice the winds really kick in. in new york city, a rainy morning monday going into work, but in the afternoon,
massachusetts and rhode island were hit the hardest in terms of power outages. and today almost 300,000 customers remain in the dark ins massachusetts while more than 75,000 are still without electricity in rhode island. and it is going to be a messy commute when all the snow starts to melt. alexandra steele is standing by. a little bit of melting and then freezing. >> yeah, it will be a roller coaster. not a lot of melting today. temperatures only in the teens. highs in the northeast...
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let's go to poppy harlow in rhode island. i know the governor has declared a state of emergency. >> reporter: he absolutely has. thank you for joining us. you have some news about i-95, the road that we just took to get up here. apparently we got here just in time, right? >> yes. those roads are fairly empty right now but we have imposed a travel restriction on 95 that you mentioned, 195 and 259. we also added 146 and 24. those roads have travel advisories on them. >> reporter: so you are basically shutting them down along to massachusetts and connecticut. i saw firsthand how tough the driving was. we saw jackknifed tractor-trailers and semis falling off the side of the road. it's no joke here. how many plows do you have out there on the road? >> we couldn't be more prepared because we had so much advanced warning and that's good. our big fear is power outages. you can see this wet snow. it's about 33 degrees and with that heavy, wet snow, if the wind kicks up and brings down trees and power lines, that's our fear. we're goin
let's go to poppy harlow in rhode island. i know the governor has declared a state of emergency. >> reporter: he absolutely has. thank you for joining us. you have some news about i-95, the road that we just took to get up here. apparently we got here just in time, right? >> yes. those roads are fairly empty right now but we have imposed a travel restriction on 95 that you mentioned, 195 and 259. we also added 146 and 24. those roads have travel advisories on them. >>...
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connecticut, massachusetts, rhode island. a little shutting off in new york city rights now, but the snow is still coming down. and it will come down for the rest of the night. probably until morning. every time we see the blue here, the lighter blue, that is heavier snow. when you see the pink, that's what ali velshi is in. he's right there, and the pink is snow that's kind of melted and froze again, and the closer you get to the center of the low, the warmer it's going to get. and ali is going to be the closest person to that center of the low, so he's going to see that stuff, that pelting icy snow all night long. back out farther to the west, it's going to be all powdery snow because now it's getting colder. and we're getting even a little bluer area around new york city where the snow is coming down harder. probably another 4 to 6 for the city before it's done. that's what we're thinking at this point. more snow east of let's say saratoga all the way into new england. less snow if you obviously get west of the hudson rive
connecticut, massachusetts, rhode island. a little shutting off in new york city rights now, but the snow is still coming down. and it will come down for the rest of the night. probably until morning. every time we see the blue here, the lighter blue, that is heavier snow. when you see the pink, that's what ali velshi is in. he's right there, and the pink is snow that's kind of melted and froze again, and the closer you get to the center of the low, the warmer it's going to get. and ali is...
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gloucester, rhode island, 25.7. boston -- use got it, rhode island to connecticut to massachusetts to mane -- to maine, the storm delivered. in boston, we have a blizzard warning until 1:00. that's because here's the snow. it will end in boston this afternoon, but you see it's still there. kind of this is the back end of it. so where we are seeing litchfield county, fairfield county, where ashleigh is in fairfield county, it is over. but the winds are blowing. we are going to see ten-foot drifts potentially with all of the blowing of the snow. but there's the back end. we're going to still see, we've got one more line. this a bit of dry air working in. but actually this has kind of been the area, this 91 corridor through connecticut and massachusetts that we saw the heavy-duty snow. where there was the most dynamic, the most uplift, that's where we ended up with the 30-inch pluses right here. it's funny. that's what happens with the weather. it's so circular, and it kind of just gets into such a rhythm that it's har
gloucester, rhode island, 25.7. boston -- use got it, rhode island to connecticut to massachusetts to mane -- to maine, the storm delivered. in boston, we have a blizzard warning until 1:00. that's because here's the snow. it will end in boston this afternoon, but you see it's still there. kind of this is the back end of it. so where we are seeing litchfield county, fairfield county, where ashleigh is in fairfield county, it is over. but the winds are blowing. we are going to see ten-foot...
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eastern making it illegal for anyone in rhode island to be on the roads. ist-95 that entire corridor, connecticut, rhode island, completely shut down, folks. that has hasn'ted since the great blizzard of 1978 but the big struggle here in the early morning hours is the power outages. as marty told you 183,000 homes without power. that number is only going to go up. we knew this would happen because the snow is wet, the know is heavy and because the temperatures stayed a little bit above freezing you had wet, thick snow weighing on the power lines bringing them down and trees down and when the power goes out the big concern is the heat. we saw it in the aftermath of sandy but much warmer then. hoi soon can the power company, national grid, get that power back up and running? that is the situation on providence, rhode island, again, 183,000 homes without power. i want to go to susan candiotti, my colleague in boston, boston surely getting hit incredibly hard. what are you saying? >> reporter: much the same thing you are. it's blowing sideways as it has been p
eastern making it illegal for anyone in rhode island to be on the roads. ist-95 that entire corridor, connecticut, rhode island, completely shut down, folks. that has hasn'ted since the great blizzard of 1978 but the big struggle here in the early morning hours is the power outages. as marty told you 183,000 homes without power. that number is only going to go up. we knew this would happen because the snow is wet, the know is heavy and because the temperatures stayed a little bit above freezing...
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it is certainly not as bad as connecticut as rhode island, massachusetts, new hampshire and maine. there's been a lot of snow and wind. when we started the day there was no snow on the ground whatsoever and they have gotten quite a bit. it is starting to let up. we have had precipitation now for the last 20 hours in staten island. about four hours were rain and that's why we don't have more snow than there could have been. behind me is a tent. the reason the stent here is that's where people who have been left homeless from hurricane candy three months ago have been going for meals each and every day. while this blizzard hit earlier today there are 1400 homeless people still in staten island that were having meals inside of this tent. a lot of people call staten island the forgotten borough. staten island has 475,000 people, 5% of the population. we sh should tell you trivia folks, the borough with the most people is not manhattan but brock lynn is number one, queens is number two, manhattan number three, the bronx is number four and little staten island is number five but now a lo
it is certainly not as bad as connecticut as rhode island, massachusetts, new hampshire and maine. there's been a lot of snow and wind. when we started the day there was no snow on the ground whatsoever and they have gotten quite a bit. it is starting to let up. we have had precipitation now for the last 20 hours in staten island. about four hours were rain and that's why we don't have more snow than there could have been. behind me is a tent. the reason the stent here is that's where people...
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but overall here in providence, things are looking up, in rhode island, they have opened up some of those big bridges out to newport closed overnight because of that gusting wind. so things are getting progressively better here by the hour. let's go to mary snow, she's in staten island where things are subsided a lot in the past few hours, mary. >> yeah. certainly has, poppy. the snow has stopped here. staten islanders are waking up to at least a foot of snow. one person, though, who did not wake up because he was up the whole night. sebastian, how worried were you last night? >> very worried. the whole family was worried. we thought the water was going to come back in again and another disaster ready to happen. >> you look out at least a foot of snow. >> snow is good. >> but you were very relieved? >> yes, very relieved no water came in. >> and talking to people around here, so overwhelmed, one man said yesterday, he was just numb, he couldn't handle anymore. how much of a setback is this? >> it's a lot. mentally frustrating. between, you know, for the whole family. you know, and you've
but overall here in providence, things are looking up, in rhode island, they have opened up some of those big bridges out to newport closed overnight because of that gusting wind. so things are getting progressively better here by the hour. let's go to mary snow, she's in staten island where things are subsided a lot in the past few hours, mary. >> yeah. certainly has, poppy. the snow has stopped here. staten islanders are waking up to at least a foot of snow. one person, though, who did...
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. >>> look how it was coming down in providence, rhode island. the governor is praising rhode islanders for following the 24-hour driving ban and making it easy for cleanup crews to get streets ready for tomorrow morning. that monday morning commute will be interesting around boston, no doubt. susan candiotti is in brook ts lin line. >> if you stood to the main streets it won't be a problem. this is what we're talking about around much of the rest of the city. the side streets are still in quasi good shape. the other streets are treacherous. the sun was out brilliantly today. it was melting a bit of the snow. but now that the temperatures are dipping down as the sun goes down it's just freezing up again. some of these streets can be treacherous to get around. we're seeing a lot of people slipping and sliding. then as you can see, some of the cars are still parked on the street. some are still wrapped up in snow. i don't know what it's going to take to move them out of the way. the city has been working very hard throughout sunday trying to clear
. >>> look how it was coming down in providence, rhode island. the governor is praising rhode islanders for following the 24-hour driving ban and making it easy for cleanup crews to get streets ready for tomorrow morning. that monday morning commute will be interesting around boston, no doubt. susan candiotti is in brook ts lin line. >> if you stood to the main streets it won't be a problem. this is what we're talking about around much of the rest of the city. the side streets...
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thank you, in pawtucket, rhode island. want to let all of you know, i'll be anchoring special live coverage here as the peak of the blizzard hits the northeast, starting at midnight tonight. i'll be with you all the way through 5:00 in the morning right here on cnn. coming up, ashleigh banfield live in connecticut. she is measuring what has been falling so far. we'll talk to her in a moment. (dog) larry,larry,larrryyy. why take exercise so seriously,when it can be fun? push-ups or sprints? what's wrong with fetch? or chase? let's do this larry! ooh, i got it, i got it! (narrator) the calorie-smart nutrition in beneful healthy weight... includes grains and real chicken, because a healthy dog is a playful dog. beneful healthy weight. find us on facebook to help put more play in your day. ♪ it was the best day ♪ ♪ it was the best day yeah! ♪ it was the best day ♪ because of you [sigh] [echoing] we make a great pair. huh? progressive and the great outdoors -- we make a great pair. right, totally, uh... that's what i
thank you, in pawtucket, rhode island. want to let all of you know, i'll be anchoring special live coverage here as the peak of the blizzard hits the northeast, starting at midnight tonight. i'll be with you all the way through 5:00 in the morning right here on cnn. coming up, ashleigh banfield live in connecticut. she is measuring what has been falling so far. we'll talk to her in a moment. (dog) larry,larry,larrryyy. why take exercise so seriously,when it can be fun? push-ups or sprints?...
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and in addition using every single emergency vehicle in rhode island. they have hired all of the contractors they can to help take care of this storm. i know you're going to talk to the mayor a little bit later, erin. it's getting significantly worse here by the minute. >> all right, thank you very much, poppy harlow. as we watch the storm approach, blizzard conditions here in new york city where i'm standing as well. it's because of the heavy snow and strong winds the city's mayor michael bloomberg has urged new yorkers to pack it up and get home early. >> you can't take nature too lightly. hopefully it won't be anything drastic and it's certainly not going to be a hurricane sandy. but that doesn't mean you can't get badly hurt or killed if you're not careful. and help others. >> all right, joining me "outfront" is new york city's police commissioner ray kelly. commissioner, good to see you again. last time i saw you was on the night of hurricane sandy. >> i remember it well. >> yeah. that was a frightening night in a lot of ways. are you ready for thi
and in addition using every single emergency vehicle in rhode island. they have hired all of the contractors they can to help take care of this storm. i know you're going to talk to the mayor a little bit later, erin. it's getting significantly worse here by the minute. >> all right, thank you very much, poppy harlow. as we watch the storm approach, blizzard conditions here in new york city where i'm standing as well. it's because of the heavy snow and strong winds the city's mayor...
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massachusetts and rhode island were hit the hardest. >>> more than two dozen people will be waking up in a long island walmart this morning. road conditions became too dangerous for shoppers to leave during the blizzard, so walmart allowed them to stay. i guess they probably have plenty of things to eat and certainly tooth brushes. one customer said she threw in the towel after spending at least seven hours trying to drive just two miles home. even one of the cnn crews spent the night. >>> there's a lot of back breaking work to be done in the northeast. hopefully they'll get a little help in the weather. let's check this with alexandra steel. we talk about snow melt. just seems like snow disperse aadisperseal. >> today they won't get any help from the weather. it's a cold night. the winds were up, so it did keep the temperatures up a bit. but right now temperatures are in the teens. new york only going to 34. so not a lot of melts today. 34 for a high at boston, 30 in al ban notice. albany only saw 4 inches of snow. but five states had at least 30 inches of snow plus. boston, their fi
massachusetts and rhode island were hit the hardest. >>> more than two dozen people will be waking up in a long island walmart this morning. road conditions became too dangerous for shoppers to leave during the blizzard, so walmart allowed them to stay. i guess they probably have plenty of things to eat and certainly tooth brushes. one customer said she threw in the towel after spending at least seven hours trying to drive just two miles home. even one of the cnn crews spent the night....
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all throughout connecticut, massachusetts, rhode island, you name it. so many people without power, these utility companies are making their way around where they can, where it's plowed, and also where people who shouldn't be clogging up the roads aren't clogging up the roads. these guys got to get to where they're going. a lot of them from out of state. already mentioned that the new york governor has been sending plows from out of state. we've also been getting utility company workers from out of state coming in to help the roughly 650,000 people who ultimately did lose power at some point during this storm. not as many here in connecticut. i think at last look it was about 39,000. there were a lot more but they've been establishing things very quickly which has been lucky for us here. that said, again, i can't state this enough. with the none in massachusetts and here i am in connecticut suggesting these winds are really dangerous because those trees snap so quickly and take those power lines down. chad myers, you and i have these conversations ad na
all throughout connecticut, massachusetts, rhode island, you name it. so many people without power, these utility companies are making their way around where they can, where it's plowed, and also where people who shouldn't be clogging up the roads aren't clogging up the roads. these guys got to get to where they're going. a lot of them from out of state. already mentioned that the new york governor has been sending plows from out of state. we've also been getting utility company workers from...
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connecticut, rhode island, massachusetts, maine and new hampshire. there are coastal flood warnings along with the blizzard warnings. it seems weird to connect those two, but they have them. they're expecting the floods to be three to five feet of storm surge along the coastal areas as well. and here's the thing, it's like sandy all over again in terms of patterns converging. cold air coming up the coast and a big wind restorm from the midwest. jennifer delgado is monitoring the science of this much better than i did. >> you did a good job. i think you've been studying with chad myers. we're following the storm and we're watch twog areas, as ashleigh just said. one is the low off the coast. then another merging in off the great lakes. what this is going to do, this is going to produce a tremendous amount of snowfall. we're talking crippling. potentially historic. and some of the locations are going to see three feet of snow but you can see for areas including providence, boston, already heavy snow. it's only going to get heavier throughout the day. b
connecticut, rhode island, massachusetts, maine and new hampshire. there are coastal flood warnings along with the blizzard warnings. it seems weird to connect those two, but they have them. they're expecting the floods to be three to five feet of storm surge along the coastal areas as well. and here's the thing, it's like sandy all over again in terms of patterns converging. cold air coming up the coast and a big wind restorm from the midwest. jennifer delgado is monitoring the science of this...
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joining me by phone is rhode island governor lincoln chafy. tell us about the conditions in your state, governor. >> we had a bad storm here with heavy, heavy snow starting with wet snow early, which stuck to the trees, which brought them down on the power lines. and then the temperatures dropping. and then high, high winds all combining to a lot of power outages. we have our challenges getting people's power back on, as we see temperatures dropping. >> you're also giving credit to officials who you say have done a good job warning residents to get out of the storm's path early. so what does that suggest? >> well, the storm track absolutely on forecast. spot-on to the forecast. so we had lots of warning as to what would occur. and just anticipation of power outages. so people losing their heat, this is something that we did anticipate. we have the shelters up and running. most people are going to their neighbor's house, family's houses, shelters around the state are not seeing a high volume, despite the high number that you said, 175,000 peopl
joining me by phone is rhode island governor lincoln chafy. tell us about the conditions in your state, governor. >> we had a bad storm here with heavy, heavy snow starting with wet snow early, which stuck to the trees, which brought them down on the power lines. and then the temperatures dropping. and then high, high winds all combining to a lot of power outages. we have our challenges getting people's power back on, as we see temperatures dropping. >> you're also giving credit to...
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let's head back to rhode island. in that state alone, 87,000 customers are without power tonight so far. it could get worse. poppy harlow joined me from providence, and one of the circles that chad just drew. poppy, it's looking like a white-out behind you. >> it's a complete white-out, great point, anderson. let's point our camera down the end of the block, a restaurant, a tall hotel. you can't even see it anymore. that's the change we had in the last half hour. the pellets that ali and jason are feeling are coming right at us. there goes my hat. i'm sure cnn will give me another one. it's white-out conditions here. this is wet snow because it's 34 degrees, and that's the huge problem. that's why you have 87,000 customers in rhode island alone without power. because the snow is building up on the power lines. it's bringing them down. we just talked to the mayor's representative. he told us in providence alone, they have had 60 calls of downed trees or downed power lines. they have 120 vehicles alone on the road in p
let's head back to rhode island. in that state alone, 87,000 customers are without power tonight so far. it could get worse. poppy harlow joined me from providence, and one of the circles that chad just drew. poppy, it's looking like a white-out behind you. >> it's a complete white-out, great point, anderson. let's point our camera down the end of the block, a restaurant, a tall hotel. you can't even see it anymore. that's the change we had in the last half hour. the pellets that ali and...
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and point out, a little bit of the changeover happening to the south in connecticut and rhode island. that means as we have been saying, we will start to see the snow, very wet snow working into new york and then by 9:00, we'll start to see more of that in boston, as well as into hartford and providence. some locations, talking 1 to 3 feet of snow, roughly right around a meter of snowfall in some locations. again, the heaviest, certainly going to be in through parts of new england, but for new york city, we could still see about 12 inches of snowfall. keep in mind, blizzard warning in place for several states. that includes for newark, up toward maine and what we're talking about, winds will be gusting in some locations, up to 70 miles per hour and will create a storm surge in the south for areas damaged by superstorm sandy, they don't need something like this. blizzard conditions likely to arrive as conditions get worse later this evening into tomorrow morning and we're talking when are you dealing with a blizzard, talking wind gusts, sustained or frequented at 35 miles per hour and
and point out, a little bit of the changeover happening to the south in connecticut and rhode island. that means as we have been saying, we will start to see the snow, very wet snow working into new york and then by 9:00, we'll start to see more of that in boston, as well as into hartford and providence. some locations, talking 1 to 3 feet of snow, roughly right around a meter of snowfall in some locations. again, the heaviest, certainly going to be in through parts of new england, but for new...
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you got states of emergency declared now in connecticut, rhode island, and massachusetts. want to bring in susan candiotti in boston, alison kosik in new york. let's start off this new york. what does it look like? everybody has their cnn gear organization ready to go. >> reporter: it's hailing right now. so it's sort of wet heavy icy kind of snow that really makes you want to sort of walk really slow or you'll slip and fall on the sidewalk like this will. what's happening in new york what i'm hearing is a lot of offices in new york city, they're closing early because the trick is to get everybody home before the blizzard conditions really begin. those blizzard conditions expected to begin at 7:00. that's when you'll see the highest accumulations. so, yeah, a lot of workplaces are closing early. the big push is to get everybody out of the city and to do that, extra trains are being added to the schedule. subway systems of course are being run more efficiently because the buses, the subways, the trains, they move 8.5 million people in and out of the city every single day. s
you got states of emergency declared now in connecticut, rhode island, and massachusetts. want to bring in susan candiotti in boston, alison kosik in new york. let's start off this new york. what does it look like? everybody has their cnn gear organization ready to go. >> reporter: it's hailing right now. so it's sort of wet heavy icy kind of snow that really makes you want to sort of walk really slow or you'll slip and fall on the sidewalk like this will. what's happening in new york...
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island or connecticut, be cautious and aware of what you're doing. ashleigh? >> reporter: jason, that is just devastating to hear it took just up to 15 minutes. i had no idea that it was that quick. it is just such a reminder of how dangerous it can be. just to be outside and dealing with vehicles in weather like this. jason carol, live for us in boston. brianna, i'm going to toss it back to you. i know there's a lot of other news of the day, as well as this incredible storm and all of its residual problems. >> that's right. busy day here, ashleigh. we'll be checking back in with you. but next up, poking fun at his own weight on late night television. but should governor chris christie be taking his obesity more seriously? and, i don't know, could it stop him from being president? or vice president? we'll talk about his political future ahead. so awesomely dels my husband and i can't stop eating 'em! what's...that... on your head? can curlers! tomato basil, potato with bacon... we've got a lot of empty cans. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta ta
island or connecticut, be cautious and aware of what you're doing. ashleigh? >> reporter: jason, that is just devastating to hear it took just up to 15 minutes. i had no idea that it was that quick. it is just such a reminder of how dangerous it can be. just to be outside and dealing with vehicles in weather like this. jason carol, live for us in boston. brianna, i'm going to toss it back to you. i know there's a lot of other news of the day, as well as this incredible storm and all of...
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island. people waiting in line for gas. cars, 20 cars deep lines, which is pretty startling and pretty unnerving because everybody is sort of running around trying to prepare. i even went to the grocery store. i got the last apple on the shelf, carol. >> thank god for that! alison kosik reporting live from new york city. >>> the big question on everyone's mind in the northeast, is who is going to get the worst of the storm. meteorologist jennifer delgado is at cnn with that side of the story. >> right now the calm before the storm, this is the time you really need to make sure you have everything prepared because conditions are going to go downhill especially as we go through late this afternoon into the evening hours. here's the radar. looking at what's happening now, snow moving into parts of northern new jersey including newark as well into new york, into areas like hartford as well as into providence, they're picking up light snow there. by 3:00 in the afternoon, we're expecting this all
island. people waiting in line for gas. cars, 20 cars deep lines, which is pretty startling and pretty unnerving because everybody is sort of running around trying to prepare. i even went to the grocery store. i got the last apple on the shelf, carol. >> thank god for that! alison kosik reporting live from new york city. >>> the big question on everyone's mind in the northeast, is who is going to get the worst of the storm. meteorologist jennifer delgado is at cnn with that side...
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keep in mind this isn't just boston, connecticut and rhode island. look at the vast area affected by the storm, all of new england and even snow flurries out toward michigan, eight to ten inches is possible. >> thanks for monitoring it for us, indra, thank you. john has a look at other stories making news. >>> a developing story this morning, u.s. secrets possibly exposed. iran claims it has decoded and now released footage from a downed u.s. drone. man identified as a member of iran's military narrated the black and white aerial footage as it was broadcast on iranian state media, claims it's a drone iran downed in 2011. cnn cannot independently verify the authenticity of this video. we reached out to the pentagon for comment but we have not heard back yet. drones will come up at a confirmation hearing for john brennan, the president's nomination for cia director. he's expected the tough questions the use of drones to target americans suspected of terrorism. the president has agreed to release classified documents to two congressional committees outl
keep in mind this isn't just boston, connecticut and rhode island. look at the vast area affected by the storm, all of new england and even snow flurries out toward michigan, eight to ten inches is possible. >> thanks for monitoring it for us, indra, thank you. john has a look at other stories making news. >>> a developing story this morning, u.s. secrets possibly exposed. iran claims it has decoded and now released footage from a downed u.s. drone. man identified as a member of...
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blizzard warnings issued in massachusetts and rhode island. these are some of the possible snow totals in some places snow could fall at a rate of two to three inches per hour. >>> take a look at what happened when a 70-year-old man got confused trying to find a parking spot. you see his camry. it is suspended over a stairwell caught between a concrete wall and building. the driver mistakenly stepped on the gas of the car, flew like a rocket through the guardrail. amazingly no one was hurt. >>> senator marco rubio will deliver the republican response to the president's state of the union address on tuesday. rubio will give that response in english and spanish. the gop trying to be more inclusive of latinos one of rubio's aides says the senator is writing his own speech. >>> in money news the hacker group anonymous is claiming responsibility for hacking the web site of the federal reserve and stealing the contact information of more than 4,000 bankers. that breech is raising questions about the security at the central bank. alison kosik is at t
blizzard warnings issued in massachusetts and rhode island. these are some of the possible snow totals in some places snow could fall at a rate of two to three inches per hour. >>> take a look at what happened when a 70-year-old man got confused trying to find a parking spot. you see his camry. it is suspended over a stairwell caught between a concrete wall and building. the driver mistakenly stepped on the gas of the car, flew like a rocket through the guardrail. amazingly no one was...